Date: 11/19/07
Book: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison
Pages: 53 to 87
Quote: When he was done, Claire no longer looks like she walked into a electrical fence.
Reaction: This made me laugh.
Date: 11/20/07
Book: Same
Pages: 88 to 142
Quote: "We are leaving in five minutes for Lake Placid."
Reaction: I would be excited if I was going on a field trip for three days.
Date: 11/21/07
Book: Chew On This by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
Pages: 1 to 12
Quote: They spend more on fast food than movies, books, magazines, newspapers, and recorded music----combined.
Reaction: Wow fast food is a big deal in the United States and other countries.
Date: 11/22/07
Book: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison
Pages: 143 to 196
Quote: Claire stuffed two chocolate bars and a few graham crackers in her pockets. "What are you doing?" Layne asked. "it's for Massie." Claire said.
Reaction: Claire is a really good friend . I would love to have a friend like this.
Date: 11/25/07
Book: Same
Pages: 197 to 265
Quote: "All of you have been officially been expelled from OCD." said Mr. Myner.
Reaction: I was so shocked when I read this.
Week 11
Date: 12/3/07
Book: Chew On This by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
Pages: 96 to 106
Quote: Today the typical American eats about forty-nine pounds of fresh potatoes---and about thirty pounds of frozen French fries. pg 96
Reaction: This is a lot of pounds of French fries put together. This is a lot of French fries a person could eat.
Date: 12/4/07
Book: Same
Pages: 107 to 127
Quote: In 2001, Hitesh Shah contacted McDonald's to find out if their French fries really did have beef in them. pg 125
Reaction: No wonder the French fries taste good they have beef in them.
Date: 12/5/07
Book: Same
Pages: 134 to 150
Quote: Today McDonald's sells more Coca-Coca than anyone else in the world. pg 142
Reaction: McDonald's does sells all this Coke.
Date: 12/6/07
Book: Same
Pages: 150 to 156
Quote: Kids bought Cokes from the machine all day long. pg 150
Reaction: We kids need to lay off the soda because we will get all hyper.
Date: 12/9/07
Book: Same
Pages: 160 to 169
Quote: It was dumped into pits----gigantic pools of pee and poop.
Reaction: Eww!!!! This is so gross.
Week 12
Date: 12/10/07
Book: Same
Pages: 169 to 174
Quote: The McNuggets were being cooked in beef fat, just like the McDonald's fries.
Reaction: No wonder they taste so good.
Date: 12/11/07
Book: Same
Pages: 192 to 212
Quote: Behind them lies a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: there is poop in the meat.
Reaction: This is gross.
Date: 12/12/07
Book: Same
Pages: 223 to 233
Quote: The same burger that most people can finish in a few minutes would take Sam about fifteen hours to eat.
Reaction: That surgery was really great because not Sam won't be overweight again.
Date: 12/13/07
Book: Same
Pages: 234 to 242
Quote: For some reason no Pizza Huts were harmed.
Reaction: I wonder why they weren't harmed.
Date: 12/14/07
No Reading Log because vacation.
Week 13
Date: 1/7/08
Book: The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Pages: 1 to 48
Quote: "To honor the Pants." said Bridget. "And the Sisterhood." Lena added. "And this moment. And this summer. And the rest of our lives." Carmen said. "Together and apart." Tibby finished.
Reaction: This is my favorite part of the book because this was the last night they would be together until the end of the summer.
Date: 1/8/08
Book: Same
Pages: 49 to 87
Quote: "It's a weird summer for us." said Carmen. "It's our first summer apart. Lena is in Greece with her grandparents; Bridget is at soccer camp in Baja California. Tibby is home alone."
Reaction: Their first summer apart. This must be hard for them.
Date: 1/9/08
Book: Same
Pages: 88 to 106
Quote: She put on the Pants with a wrinkly white linen shirt.
Reaction: Lena must miss her friends, but wearing the Pants is like wearing part of her friends.
Date: 1/10/08
Book: Same
Pages: 107 to 142
Quote: Suddenly Bapi Kaligaris cocked his arm and punched Bapi Dounas in the nose.
Reaction: Wow Lena must have done something really wrong.
Date: 1/13/08
Book: Same
Pages: 143 to 163
Quote: Obviously her grandmother thought that Kostos had attacked Lena, and she had told Bapi so.
Reaction: I wonder why her grandparents think that.
Week 14
Date: 1/14/08
Book: Same
Pages: 164 to 203
Quote: "I do," Carmen confirmed. "My mother is Puerto Rican. She speaks with an accent."
Reaction: Carmen must be proud because she loves who she is.
Date: 1/15/08
Book: Same
Pages: 204 to 236
Quote: "I threw a rock at them when they were eating dinner." said Carmen.
Reaction: I feel bad for Carmen because her father wasn't paying any attention to her.
Date: 1/16/08
Book: Same
Pages: 237 to 268
Quote: Effie was fourteen and she kissed more boys than Lena.
Reaction: Wow Lena is fifteen and she hasn't kissed that many boys.
Date: 1/17/08
Book: Same
Pages: 269 to 297
Quote: "You're in love with Kostos." said Effie.
Reaction: I can't believe Lena likes Kostos.
Date: 1/18/08
Book: Same
Pages: 298 to 321
Quote: She looked up at Lena and said "I think you just did."
Reaction: I love this part because Bridget is not alone anymore she has Lena and the Pants with her.
Week 15
Date: 1/21/08 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Date: 1/22/08
Book: How I Survived Middle School Cheat Sheet by Nancy Krulik
Pages: 1 to 28
Quote: "Let's get her away from there before Addie sees them." said Felicia.
Reaction: I feel bad for Sam because the guy she likes i popular and she's not.
Date: 1/23/08
Book: Same
Pages: 29 to 41
Quote: "Congratulations Liza Marks and Josh Eisen," the sign said.
Reaction: Thats really cool because Liza never did something this big before.
Date: 1/24/08
Book: Same
Pages: 42 to 68
Quote: Liza Marks cheated! the sign said.
Reaction: I feel bad for her because she would never cheat.
Date:1/27/08
Book: Same
Pages: 69 to 96
Quote: Because thanks to my friends, I survived middle school.
Reaction: Friends are always there for you when you need them.
Week 3
2/18/08
No School Presidents Day
Date: 2/19/08
Book: I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar
Pages: 1 to 26
Quote: "Hey! Why don't you move in with me!?" said Serena.
Reaction: This is nice because she gets to talk to Blair like they use to in tenth grade.
Date: 2/20/08
Book: Same
Pages: 27 to 56
Quote: "She's coming to Sun Valley with us!" said Serena.
Reaction: I wish I could go snowboarding.
Date: 2/21/08
Book: Same
Pages: 57 to 73
Quote: "I remeber one Christmas me and my mom made a snowman." said Georgie.
Reaction: It is so much fun making snowmans.
Date: 2/23/08
Book: Same
Pages: 74 to 93
Quote: "Or are you guys to busy talking in this boring hotel room to, like, go out?" Serena said.
Reaction: Serena is just jealous of Blair because he brother is talk to Blair more than her.
Date: 11/19/07
Book: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison
Pages: 53 to 87
Quote: When he was done, Claire no longer looks like she walked into a electrical fence.
Reaction: This made me laugh.
Date: 11/20/07
Book: Same
Pages: 88 to 142
Quote: "We are leaving in five minutes for Lake Placid."
Reaction: I would be excited if I was going on a field trip for three days.
Date: 11/21/07
Book: Chew On This by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
Pages: 1 to 12
Quote: They spend more on fast food than movies, books, magazines, newspapers, and recorded music----combined.
Reaction: Wow fast food is a big deal in the United States and other countries.
Date: 11/22/07
Book: The Pretty Committee Strikes Back by Lisi Harrison
Pages: 143 to 196
Quote: Claire stuffed two chocolate bars and a few graham crackers in her pockets. "What are you doing?" Layne asked. "it's for Massie." Claire said.
Reaction: Claire is a really good friend . I would love to have a friend like this.
Date: 11/25/07
Book: Same
Pages: 197 to 265
Quote: "All of you have been officially been expelled from OCD." said Mr. Myner.
Reaction: I was so shocked when I read this.
Week 11
Date: 12/3/07
Book: Chew On This by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
Pages: 96 to 106
Quote: Today the typical American eats about forty-nine pounds of fresh potatoes---and about thirty pounds of frozen French fries. pg 96
Reaction: This is a lot of pounds of French fries put together. This is a lot of French fries a person could eat.
Date: 12/4/07
Book: Same
Pages: 107 to 127
Quote: In 2001, Hitesh Shah contacted McDonald's to find out if their French fries really did have beef in them. pg 125
Reaction: No wonder the French fries taste good they have beef in them.
Date: 12/5/07
Book: Same
Pages: 134 to 150
Quote: Today McDonald's sells more Coca-Coca than anyone else in the world. pg 142
Reaction: McDonald's does sells all this Coke.
Date: 12/6/07
Book: Same
Pages: 150 to 156
Quote: Kids bought Cokes from the machine all day long. pg 150
Reaction: We kids need to lay off the soda because we will get all hyper.
Date: 12/9/07
Book: Same
Pages: 160 to 169
Quote: It was dumped into pits----gigantic pools of pee and poop.
Reaction: Eww!!!! This is so gross.
Week 12
Date: 12/10/07
Book: Same
Pages: 169 to 174
Quote: The McNuggets were being cooked in beef fat, just like the McDonald's fries.
Reaction: No wonder they taste so good.
Date: 12/11/07
Book: Same
Pages: 192 to 212
Quote: Behind them lies a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: there is poop in the meat.
Reaction: This is gross.
Date: 12/12/07
Book: Same
Pages: 223 to 233
Quote: The same burger that most people can finish in a few minutes would take Sam about fifteen hours to eat.
Reaction: That surgery was really great because not Sam won't be overweight again.
Date: 12/13/07
Book: Same
Pages: 234 to 242
Quote: For some reason no Pizza Huts were harmed.
Reaction: I wonder why they weren't harmed.
Date: 12/14/07
No Reading Log because vacation.
Week 13
Date: 1/7/08
Book: The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Pages: 1 to 48
Quote: "To honor the Pants." said Bridget. "And the Sisterhood." Lena added. "And this moment. And this summer. And the rest of our lives." Carmen said. "Together and apart." Tibby finished.
Reaction: This is my favorite part of the book because this was the last night they would be together until the end of the summer.
Date: 1/8/08
Book: Same
Pages: 49 to 87
Quote: "It's a weird summer for us." said Carmen. "It's our first summer apart. Lena is in Greece with her grandparents; Bridget is at soccer camp in Baja California. Tibby is home alone."
Reaction: Their first summer apart. This must be hard for them.
Date: 1/9/08
Book: Same
Pages: 88 to 106
Quote: She put on the Pants with a wrinkly white linen shirt.
Reaction: Lena must miss her friends, but wearing the Pants is like wearing part of her friends.
Date: 1/10/08
Book: Same
Pages: 107 to 142
Quote: Suddenly Bapi Kaligaris cocked his arm and punched Bapi Dounas in the nose.
Reaction: Wow Lena must have done something really wrong.
Date: 1/13/08
Book: Same
Pages: 143 to 163
Quote: Obviously her grandmother thought that Kostos had attacked Lena, and she had told Bapi so.
Reaction: I wonder why her grandparents think that.
Week 14
Date: 1/14/08
Book: Same
Pages: 164 to 203
Quote: "I do," Carmen confirmed. "My mother is Puerto Rican. She speaks with an accent."
Reaction: Carmen must be proud because she loves who she is.
Date: 1/15/08
Book: Same
Pages: 204 to 236
Quote: "I threw a rock at them when they were eating dinner." said Carmen.
Reaction: I feel bad for Carmen because her father wasn't paying any attention to her.
Date: 1/16/08
Book: Same
Pages: 237 to 268
Quote: Effie was fourteen and she kissed more boys than Lena.
Reaction: Wow Lena is fifteen and she hasn't kissed that many boys.
Date: 1/17/08
Book: Same
Pages: 269 to 297
Quote: "You're in love with Kostos." said Effie.
Reaction: I can't believe Lena likes Kostos.
Date: 1/18/08
Book: Same
Pages: 298 to 321
Quote: She looked up at Lena and said "I think you just did."
Reaction: I love this part because Bridget is not alone anymore she has Lena and the Pants with her.
Week 15
Date: 1/21/08 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Date: 1/22/08
Book: How I Survived Middle School Cheat Sheet by Nancy Krulik
Pages: 1 to 28
Quote: "Let's get her away from there before Addie sees them." said Felicia.
Reaction: I feel bad for Sam because the guy she likes i popular and she's not.
Date: 1/23/08
Book: Same
Pages: 29 to 41
Quote: "Congratulations Liza Marks and Josh Eisen," the sign said.
Reaction: Thats really cool because Liza never did something this big before.
Date: 1/24/08
Book: Same
Pages: 42 to 68
Quote: Liza Marks cheated! the sign said.
Reaction: I feel bad for her because she would never cheat.
Date:1/27/08
Book: Same
Pages: 69 to 96
Quote: Because thanks to my friends, I survived middle school.
Reaction: Friends are always there for you when you need them.
Week 3
2/18/08
No School Presidents Day
Date: 2/19/08
Book: I Like It Like That by Cecily von Ziegesar
Pages: 1 to 26
Quote: "Hey! Why don't you move in with me!?" said Serena.
Reaction: This is nice because she gets to talk to Blair like they use to in tenth grade.
Date: 2/20/08
Book: Same
Pages: 27 to 56
Quote: "She's coming to Sun Valley with us!" said Serena.
Reaction: I wish I could go snowboarding.
Date: 2/21/08
Book: Same
Pages: 57 to 73
Quote: "I remeber one Christmas me and my mom made a snowman." said Georgie.
Reaction: It is so much fun making snowmans.
Date: 2/23/08
Book: Same
Pages: 74 to 93
Quote: "Or are you guys to busy talking in this boring hotel room to, like, go out?" Serena said.
Reaction: Serena is just jealous of Blair because he brother is talk to Blair more than her.